Amphibious Ice Cream Truck Takes to the Water

It's a boat! It's a truck! And it smells delicious! No, it's not a Transformer with a baking hobby; it's England's newest ice cream truck. Looks like parks and streets aren't the only places you can find ice cream trucks hawking tasty treats. Now they're even on the waterways.

The HMS Flake 99 (named for a British ice cream treat) is being touted as the world's first amphibious ice cream truck in celebration of Britain's National Ice Cream Truck. Commissioned by the dairy behind Cadbury, the bobbing, buoyant treat truck made its maiden voyage down the Thames, but its route won't be limited to the river. According to the UK's Metro, there are plans to take a trip across the British Channel and through the canals of Venice. The vessel has a top speed to of 5 knots (about 6 miles per hour), so the trip should take a while. But that's okay since the Flake 99's crew won't go crazy listening to the typical ice cream truck anthem — "Turkey in the Straw" — during the long journey. Instead, the truck will blast Rod Stewart's "We Are Sailing."